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TIL that there are as many as 800 languages spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city on the planet, and nowhere in the world has more than Queens, according to the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA).

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Lybp TIL the US + 11 nations are in meetings to create the TPP trade deal that would (1) create jail time for illegal downloading, (2) punish piraters by banning their use of internet (3) force ISPs to give your private data to government (4) censor the internet by removing content and entire websites
DQDZP TIL about Frank Hart, a 19th century African American pedestrian (6 day endurance walking events popular at the time). He was a famous and popular athlete, held a world record, and was the first Black athelete on a sports (trading/tobacco) card.
kJvyW TIL The name "bonobo" resulted from a misspelling. These apes were found in the town of Bolobo, Zaire, in the '20s, but the name of the place was misspelled "Bonobo" on the shipping crate in which the animal was placed, leading others to refer to the animal by the name, which stuck.
jN9ME TIL about Formula E, an electric car variant of Formula 1. The series includes an 'attack mode' boost to give the cars more power, aswell as 'fan boost' a social media vote which finishes after the first 15 minutes of a race to give the winners an extra power boost
YpvRZ TIL Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin (KLH) is a protein derived from the blood of Megathura crenulata limpets and is critical for making medicines. KLH cannot be synthetically made, making the mollusks' serum worth $100,000 per liter.